Device fob lining tins or other receptacles



J. S. CLINTON.

DEVICE FOR LINING nus OR OTHER RECEPTAGLES.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 5, 1915.

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DEVICE FOR LINING TINS OR OTHER RECEPTACLES.

APPLICATION FlLED NOV-5.1915.

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DEVICE FOR LINING TlNS OR OTHER HECEPTACLES.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 5. 1915.

Patented July 1, 1919.,

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. Cimiazz/ UNITED STATES. PnTENT' OFFICE.

JAMES s. cmm'on, or cnrcaco, ILLINQIs.

Specification of Letters Patent.

DEVICE FOR LININ G TINS OR OTHER REC I JP'IACLES.

Patented July 1, 1919.

original application filed June 13, 1912, Serial No. 703,442. Divided and this application filed November 5,

' 1915. Serial No. 59,815.

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES S. Cnin'r'oiv, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Devices for Lining Tins'or other Receptacles, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification. r.

My invention relates to devices for llning tins or other receptacles.

Prominent objects of the invention are to provide a simple and practical mechanism of the class specified; to arrange for the automatic cutting of thin material, such as; paper and applying the same to the tins or other receptacles; to secure efficiency and accuracy in operation; to obtain simplicity and compactness; and to secure the fore going and other desirable results in a simple and expeditious manner.

In this application I show my invention applied to a machine for automatically mak ing cup cakes, which said machine is fully set forth and claimed in my Patent No. 1,162,751,.issued December 7, 1915, for-cup cake machine. Therefore the present application is a. division of my said other application. It will be understood, however, that the invention can be applied to other ma chines and for other purposes.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a plan of a cup cake machine having lining mechanism embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the portion of such machine embodying the lining mechanism, said section being taken on line 2-2 in Fig. 3

Fig. 3 is an elevation of the portion of the machine embodying the lining mechanism; Figs. 4:, 5, 6,7 and 8. are vlews of details of construction;

Fig. 9 isa view of a piece of thin-material, such as paper out ready to be applied to one of the tins or other receptacles;

Fig. 10 is a view of a detail of construc-.- tion.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 is a table which is mounted on a shaft 10. Shaft 10 is step by step shaft 2 having astep bearing 3. The shaft intermediate the hub of the table 1 and the bearing 4 is a spider-6 which is connected to the under face of the table 1 by means of bolts 7 so that the two rotate together. Power for driving the spider 6 is obtained from the shaft which is driven by a be wheel 7", or an other suitable means. (n

the inner end 0 the shaft 7 is a gear 8 whici meshes with a gear 9 which is carried by a rovided with four bearings, one in the bloc 11, one in the casting 12 and two others in the blocks 13 and 14, respectively. Mounted at one side of the block 13 is a bevel gear 15 which meshes with a gear 16 on a shaft 17. Shaft 17 is vertical and is carried in two bearings supported by the casting 12. At the upper end of the shaft 17 is the member 18 which gives to the spider 6 and the table 1 a peculiar movement. One end of the member 18 1s in the form of a crank which carries an upwardly projecting pin 19, on which is mounted a revoluble spool or roller '20. The other part of the member 16 is in roller 20 and the other for cooperating with the disk 21. The surfaces which cooperate with the roller 20 are in the form ofteeth 22 which lie in, the same plane as the roller 20 and are separated by recesses slightly wider than the diameter of the roller 20. On a lower plane than the teeth 22 .and on the same level with the disk 21, the edge of the spider 6 is provided with a series of cam surfaces 23 shown in plan partly in dotted lines in Fig. 8. These cam surfaces are arcs of circles Whose radii correspond to the radius of the exterior edge of the disk'21,'

the points of the intersection between the surfaces 23 being intermediate the teeth 22. Now it will be understood that the shaft 17 is rotated continuously by the connections previously described with the shaft 7, but that while the disk 21 remains in engagement with a particular. cam surface 23, the

spider 6 and consequently the table 1 is held firmly in stationary position. However, as the disk 21 passes out of engagement with its coiiperating cam surface the roller 20 engages one of-the teeth 22 giving the spider and table a positive movement in the direction of the arrow.

i The table 1 is provided with an annular shoulder 24- which causes the exterior surface of the table to act as a shelf upon which may be placed tins 25 to be used for baking cup cakes. Intermediate two adjacent tins are provided upstanding ridges or webs 26 which are each provided with a lug for holding the tins securely to the table while the machine is in operation.

. Carried by a standard such as 28 is a stationary cover plate or apron 29 which covers a little more than half of the surface of therevolving tins, and upon which is mounted the cutting and feeding mechanism hereinafter described. It will be understood by those en aged in baking that it is desirable to line t e separate recesses or indentations of the tins 25 with separate pieces of oiled paper to prevent the dough from sticking to the tins, while it is being baked and also to protect, the baked cakes from dirt and contamination while being handled, these pieces of paper being removed from the tins with the cake after baking. The mechanism for cutting such pieces ofpaper and placing them in the tins will now e described. At the outer end of the shaft 10 is a gear wheel 30 which meshes with a gear 31 on the shaft 32. At the end of theshaft 32 opposite from the gear 31 is a crank arm 33 which is provided with a slot 34 which provides an' adjustable connection with the link or rod35. The rod 35 is connected at its upper end to a lever 36 which is loosely mounted on the shaft'37. Since the member 33 rotates continuously the upper end of the rod 35 and consequently the lever arm 36 is oscillated about the center of the shaft 37. The lever arm .36 carries a pawl 38 show in dotted lines in Fig. 2,

which engages with the teeth of a ratchet wheel 39. Consequently as the lever 36 oscillates it gives a step by step movement to the shaft 37 by means of the pawl and ratchet. Mounted on the shaft 37 are two drums or wheels and 41, for'driving the paper webs 42 and 43 from which the pieces are cut'which are placed in the tins. Mounted immediately below the drums 40 and 41 respectively, are'drums 44 and the web 42 being led around the outer surface of the drum 40 and in between drums 40 and 44 while the web 43 is led around the outer surface of the drum 41 and in between the drums 41 and 45. The upper part of the drum 41 being below the level of the table are suspended below drums 40 and 41 by means of brackets 4747. The shaft 37 being positively driven, the drums 40 and 41 in connection with 44 and 45 serve to feed the paper webs positively. The webs 42 and 43 are carried by separate rollers 4848 which are mounted on a shaft 49, carried in brackets 5050 mounted on the upper face of the late 29. The webs -42 and 4.3 are also guide by the rolls 51-51. In order to prevent the webs 42 and 43 from feeding too freely I provide friction rollers 5252 which are carried by a shaft 43 which is pivotally mounted in the brackets 50-50. If desired the shaft 53 may be thrown up into the dotted'position shown in Fig. 2 so as to permit the ready removal or replacement of the webs 4243. The brackets 50 are provided with extensions 54-54 against which the arms 5555 which support the shaft 53 may rest when the rolls 52 are lifted. After leaving the rollers 51- the webs 42 and 43 run horizontally until they reach the drum 40 and the roll '46 respectively. In passing through this horizontal stretch the webs are. cut to provide pieces for lining the tins and the cut pieces are placed automatically in the tins. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the tins have a radial depth of three cups or recesses. Consequently I provide three cutters 56, 57 and 58. Owing to the fact that the pieces of paper are cut from a flat web and folded into the tins the diameter of the pieces must be reatcr than that of the top of the tins. onsequently the outer edges of the cutters overlap the outer edges of the recesses in the tins and all three Ofthe cutters can not be placed, in

a row radially of the table, but one is offset from the other two, as plainly shown in Fig. 1. The detail of the cutter mechanism is show'in Figs. 4, 5 and 6, the cutter 57 be ing selected for detailed illustration. Each cutting mechanism comprises a stationary and a reciprocating part, the stationary part being earned on the upper face of the plate 29 and comprising an upstanding cylindrical knife plate 59which has a sharp circular knife edge at its top. The fixed knife 59 is held in position by annular plates 60, plates 60 being attached to the face of the plate 29 by screws 61, and each extending approximately 90 degrees are. Plates 60 are formed with a central aperture through which the pieces of paper 62 shown in F ig. 4 may be placed in the tins after being cut from the web. Attached to the inner face of the knife 59 and held between two adjoinin plates 60 are four radial knives 63 place 90 degrees apart around the plate 59, and extendmg to the edge of the a erture 64 in the plate 29. Above the kni e 59 is a reciprocatlng knife 65 which is also cylindrical in .end of the rods 78 and 79. The rod78 con-- meets at its upper end with a pivoted lever '72 previously mentioned. At the end of the v form but has its cutting the knife 65 mating with the knife 59 on the inside. The knife 65 also carries radially placed knives 66, which are mounted between ridges' 67- 67 on the interiorface of the part 68, and are also held in place by two sets of screws as shown in Fig.4. The

radial knives 66 cooperate with the fixed radial knives 63, to produce four radial slits 100 in the papers 62 so that sleeve 69 is a rod 72 at the lower end of which is mounted the mechanism for placing the papers 62 in the-tins after the papers have been cut from the web. This mechanism consists of a stamping member or head 7 3 which is attached to a stud or shank 74:. b

The end of the rod 72 is drilled out to receive the shank 74 and the rod 72 is also slotted as at 74 to receive a'pin 7 5 for retaining the shank within the end of'the rod and for allowing a certain relative movement between the two. The shank 74 does not fit closely in its bore, so that head73 is'allowed' edge at the bottom, I

the slits cut i nected at plan in Fig. 1.

pivoted in the castings-81 and 81, the shaft 89 and the castings mentioned appearing in The shaft 89 carries a lever 80 which is pivoted directly to a lug on the plate 71 for operating the plate. Similarly the rod 79 connects with the lever 83 and the lever in turn with the pivoted shaft 89 also pivoted in the castings 81 and 81?. The

shaft89' carries a lever 83 which is conits outer end to a short link 84 plvoted in turn with the plate 85, to which are connected the rods 72 for operating the heads" 73. It will be underst od that the grooves in the cam plate 77 are so cut. that the rod 78 will first be operated to cut one of the pieces 62 from the webs and that the rod 79'will next be operated to force the piecedown into the tin.. Owing to the fact that the cutting mechanism 56 is in a different radial plane from cutters 57 and 58, it follows that inorder to avoid an unnecessary waste of paper thecutter 56 is provided with a separate web of paper from the cutters 57 and 58. This arrangement has een previously described, but it follows from this that the web 43 which cooperates play in both the vertical and horizontal di rections. A spring 76 normally forces the head 73 outwardly so that the pin lies atthelower end of the slot, but when the head comes in contact with the interior of the tins the spring 76may be compressed, thus avoiding pounding on the tins, but insuring that the paper shall be firmly placed in position. The cutting mechanism and the stamping mechanism .just described areoperated from, two caml grooves formed in opposite faces of the cam plate 77 which is mounted on the shaft 10 between the blocks 13 and 14. Cam'rollers mounted in these grooves operate rods 78 and 7 9 respectively;

@ne of these rollers 86 is shown in dotted with the single cutter 56 should be fed only half as fast as the web 42 which serves the cutters 57 and 58. This difference in speed of travel between the two webs is provided in rums 40 and 4.1.

In the operation of my device it will be understood that the table 1 carrying the cake tins 25, is given a etc by step movement by means of the Inec anism .heretofore described in which there is a perceptible pause between each forward movement or step of the table. While the table 1 is stationary between the successive steps, the cutting meclr,

anism cuts the pieces 62 from the webs 4:2 and 43, and the stamping mechanism places the pieces of paper in the tins. I

It will be understood that changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

lines in Fig.6, being hidden by the gear 30 and the member 87.v These rollers are mounted on the plates 87 and 88, the supporting nuts being shown in Fig. 2. It will be understood that the plates 87 and ,88 are forked and embrace the shaft 10 on each side, so as to avoid the necessity of a fixed bearing and an additional link at the upper 80, as best shown in Fig. '3. This lever 80 is pivoted to a casting 81 which is mounted on to of a bridge shaped casting 82 in which are t e bearings 7 0 for the tubes 69 and rods lever 80 opposite the operating rod 76, the lever connects with the shaft 89 which is What I claim is:

1. Ina cup cake machine in combination, means for giving a paper web an intermittent longitudinal movement, mechanism for cutting out portions of said web to form blanks, means for slitting the outer edge of said blanks, and a device for stamping said blanks into cake tins.

2. In a cup cake machine in combination, cutting mechanism for forming blanks hav ing radial slits from apaperweb, and a stamping head for forcing said blanks into tins, said head having a resilient connection with its operating mechanism.

3. In a cup cake machine in combination,

cutting mechanism for forming blanks from a paper web comprising a stationary circular knife plate having radial bers, and a reciprocating circular knife cutting memfor by the different diameters of the driving plate coiiperating with said stationary knife plate, and a. stamping device for forcing riorly and radially I a feeding drum for each of a pair of said blanks into tins, said device having a. reciprocating motion and being mounted centrally of said circular plates.

4; In a cup cake machine, a cutting mechanism comprising in combination, ary circular knife plate, a plurality of stationary knife plates mounted radially and interiorly of said circular plate, a reciprocating circular knife plate mating with said stationary circular plate, and a plurality of reciprocating. knife plates mounted .inteof said reciprocating circular knife plate, said reciprocating radial knives mating with said stationary knives, said radial knife plates being of less length than the radius of said circular knife plates, whereby a central aperture is left between the radial knives.

5. In a' cup cake machine in combination, cutting. mechanism provided with a plu rality of sets of knives for cutting blanks from a plurality of paper web s, said mechanismhaving a larger number of said sets cooperating with one web than with the other, and means formoving one of said webs more rapidly than the other, the web cooperating with the greater number of knife sets being given the greater rate of movement.

6. In a cup cake machine in combination,

aper webs, av roller mounted beneath each of said drums,- said webs being led from the upper face of said drums and between said drums and said. rollers,'one of said drums being approximately half the diameter of the other, and mechanism for- .operating said drums at the same angular-velocity.

7. In a cupcake machinejin combination, cutting mechanism for cutting blanks from two paper webs, said mechanism being provided with three sets of knives, two of said sets operating upon one web and one upon the other, and means for driving, one of said webs twice as fast as the other 8. In a cup cake machine in combination,

' a stationary knife forming a closed figure,

and having radial cutting knives arranged inside of said closed figure, a reciprocating knife for cooperating with said stationary knife having the same configuration, and a stamping head mounted within said reciprocating knife.

9. In a cup cake machine the combination of a support for carrying'receptacles and mechanism for lining said receptacles, said mechanism comprising lining members located at intervals across the width of said support so as to permit the lining of receptacles arranged crosswise of the support.

10. In a cup cake machine the combination of a support for carrying receptacles and mechanism for lining said recepa stationtacles, said mechanism comprising lin-' ing members located at intervals across the support but out of alinement with one another whereby receptacles of less size than whereby receptacles arranged in rows cross- I wise of the support may be lined.

12. In a cup cake machine the combination of a rotary support for carrying receptacles and mechanism for lining said receptacles, said mechanism comprising lining members arranged at intervals out of alinement with one another whereby receptacles arranged in rows crosswise of the support may be lined.

13. In a cup cake machine the combination of a rotary {support adapted for carrying receptacles arranged in radial rows and lining mechanism'comprising lining mem bers mounted for reciprocation toward and away from said support, and provided with reciprocating mechanism whereby the reciprocation of said members will cause the lining of said receptacles.

14. In a cup cake machine the combination of a rotary support adapted for carrying receptacles arranged in radial-rows and lining mechanism comprising lining mem'bers mounted for reciprocation toward and away from said support, and provided with reciprocating mechanism whereby the reciprocation of said members will cause the lining of said receptacles, said lining members being arranged at different distances from the center of rotation but out of alinement with one another.

15. The combination of a horizontally disposed rotary support provided with means for holding receptacles in position in a series of radial rows, a series of lining devices comprising vertically reciprocating rod-s having their lower ends provided with cup shaped members each adapted to fit into one of said receptacles, and means for reciprocating said devices to cause them to insert said members into said receptacles and withdraw the same therefrom.

16. The combination of a horizontally disposed rotary support provided with means for holding receptacles in position in a series of radial rows, a series of lining devices comprising veitically reciprocating rods i provided with means for holding receptacles in position in radial rows, a lining mechanlsm comprising a set or series of reciprocating rods provided at their ends vvlth members adapted to enter said receptacles, 10 and means for reciprocating said rods. In witness whereof I hereunto subscribe my name this 18th day of March, A. D. 1914,

JAMES S. CLINTON.

Witnesses:

A. L. JoNns, HAZEL A. Jones.- 

